Tide Notes

Just in case you forgot how crazy the Alabama vs. LSU game was last year, this video will refresh your memory.

The Alabama Crimson Tide practiced for the first time as the #1 team in the nation -- the first time the Tide has been ranked #1 since 1980. Many wonder how Alabama will play with such a large target on their back, but this week be mostly be about Nick Saban's return to Baton Rouge -- no matter what Nick Saban says.

Terrance Cody fully participated in practice today and it appears he will at least play some role in this game. With Cody's ability to cause an opponent to have to change their game plan just for him, this is a big advantage for the Crimson Tide. The scary part is that Alabama has competed just as well without Cody by just allowing nine points in two games.

Rumors have been spreadingthat Nick Saban will be taking an unmarked car to the stadium and not ride in the charter bus with the team, but I strongly doubt these rumors. Coach Saban has is a stickler for routine and odds are he will not change this routine just before a game against his former team to clinch Alabama's first SEC West title since 1999.


Coach Saban is playing his vards well with this game by saying that it is about the team and not about him. He may be trying to make people believe that, but the Alabama players know this game is all about Nick Saban. Saban brought the Tigers a National Championship and basically handed Les Miles a Championship last year through incredible recruiting while at LSU. There is no reason for the LSU fans to hate Saban. He left the team for what he thought he wanted, a pro coaching career. He did not leave LSU to go straight to Alabama. The Tigers should welcome him, bit we all know that us SEC Fans are not the most rational people.